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TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 582 OF 9 MAY 1978.

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

FOR HONG KONG AND GENERAL DEPARTMENT.

PQ FROM ROBERT PARRY MP, ON IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.

WE SEE FROM COI TELNOS RETRACT 69, 70 AND 72 OF 8 MAY THAT MR EVAN LUARD, IN ANSWERING MR PARRY'S QUESTION ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS RETURNED TO CHINA, QUOTED THE FIGURE OF 7,150 (SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY) ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HAVING

BEEN RETURNED TO CHINA IN 1974. THIS IS AT VARIANCE WITH THE FIGURE OF 223 (TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE) WHICH WE GAVE IN

PARAGRAPH 3 OF MY TELNO 557 OF 3 MAY. WE ASSUME THIS IS AN ERROR

IN TRANSMISSION: IF NOT, WE HOPE IT CAN BE CORRECTED.

MACLEHOSE

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